The Braves better hope there’s a two-for-one sale at Dr. Andrews’ office, because in addition to Kris Medlen almost certainly needing a second Tommy John surgery, it appears as though Brandon Beachy is heading in that direction too.

Previously it was assumed that Beachy’s problem was merely muscle soreness — in his biceps specifically — but Dave O’Brien of the AJC is reporting that it’s looking way worse:

#Braves Beachy now faces possibility of needing a 2nd Tommy John surgery, too. Will find out more Monday.

O’Brien reports that Beachy and Medlen will both meet with Dr. Andrews on Monday. That should be a cheery drive up to his office. And a nice, happy time sitting in the waiting room reading “Highlights” magazine or whatever guys do while waiting to be told their careers are in jeopardy.

If so, they should know that this is in this month’s “Highlights,” which, yes, we get here at Chez Calcaterra:

I’ll have to do some digging but there was an article about 3 years ago about how antiquated the Braves training procedures are. Also i remember Brian Jordan talking about it when he got into that little tiff with Chipper a few years ago.

paperlions - Mar 14, 2014 at 2:01 PM

Wait just one gosh darned second. I heard tell that teams were babying pitchers too much, leading to more injuries. Shouldn’t antiquated training procedures be just the cure for such babying?

Jason Isringhausen is the only player to get three but there’s been a lot that have had two. However other than maybe Chris Capuano no starting pitcher has really been able to come back and be successful after their second which is bad news for Medlen, Cory Luebke, and now possibly Beachy. Plenty of relievers have succeeded despite two though.

Something is wrong here. Braves have to many pitching related injuries. The trainers would be at the top of my list. Maybe Dr. Andrews is losing his touch. I don’t know but I would be wary to be a pitcher in this organization. Especially a young pitcher with a promising future.